''Anacampsis phytomiella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by

August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...

in 1914. It is found in

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 18–19 mm. The forewings are dark green, mottled with light ochreous and blackish-brown scales. There is a black spot on the middle of the costal edge and at the apical third is a similar spot. From both of these run faint, irregular, darker green, zigzag fasciae across the wing outwardly narrowly edged with ochreous. Scattered irregularly over the wing are small tufts of blackish-brown, raised scales and around the apical and terminal edge is a subterminal row of black dots. The hindwings are dark blackish brown, darkest and nearly black towards the tip and with the costal edge above vein 8 silvery white.''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 47 (2043): 8

References

Moths described in 1914 Anacampsis Moths of Central America {{Anacampsis-stub